Here's a couple more I thought of.

Zonked out and missed most of the show: Frank Zappa 1985 at the Civic Center in Atlanta. My friend and I drove from Savannah to Atlanta four hours, drinking beer the whole way. Then had to go to some record store on the northside of town to get our tickets. Then go downtown and find the civic center, didn't have a map and no internet or GPS back then. Pulled into the Fox and the marquee said "Pat Metheny Tonight", I'm thinking, man I like to see that. I asked the parking lot guy where's the Civic Center, he pointed and said two blocks over there. We walked in and they a bar set up in the lobby. I wasn't use to buying drinks at the show, in Savannah alcohol isn't allowed. I bought a burbon & coke and went and sat down in a nice theater type seat, drank my drink and passed out. My friend woke me up when the band was playing "Whipping Post', it was their encore. It sounded great but I missed everything else.

Best sounding show ever: Ambrosia at the Rainbow Theater in Denver. 1979 visiting my former brother-in-law and we drove by this place at a shopping center called The Rainbow. The marquee said, Tuesday "Journey", Wednesday "Blondie" Thursday "Ambrosia". I had just bought their album Life beyond LA. This was when Ambrosia still rocked and hadn't released that 180 album yet. The Rainbow was like a 1500 seat movie theater converted to a music showplace. Everything was padded or covered in fabric and it all red. The soundman was in the old projection booth. When the band played, it was like listening to a loud record, it was so perfect sounding. Ambrosia played "life Beyond LA" for the encore for about ten minutes, they were smokin'.

Last show I attended: Molly Hatchet January 8th 2020 this year in The Villages where I live. I had saw Molly Hatchet back in '82 with Danny Joe Brown the original singer, he had just returned after a solo album. Now there were no original members in 2020, in fact only Dave Holland is still alive and he quit 30 years ago, all the others have died, even the singer that replaced Danny died last year. They have a really good singer now, and the two oldest members are the keyboard played from '84 and guitarist Bobby Ingram member since '87 and he owns the name Molly Hatchet. He's now having to play 3 guitar parts himself. I was in the front row with a crowd of 800, and it was so loud I almost got sick in the first minute. My ears adjusted and they put on a great show. Dreams I'll Never See by them is one of my all time favorite songs and they rocked it.

Most quietest show I ever saw: Peter Gabriel 1993 at the Capitol Center Washington DC. I had become a fan of his after hearing Solsbury Hill on the radio about 1977. I had known him ever since seeing Genesis do "Watcher of the Skies" on Midnight Special back in '73. I joined his British Fan club in the early 80's, I had to send a 5 pound note to England every year for dues. I played his live album from '84 every night for about a year. I don't know what it was, but I liked his sound. When "SO" came out, his song Sledgehammer kind of turned me off, a little too poppy, but I was glad he got some attention. I saw him do 6 songs in '86 during Amnesty Int'l Festival in Atlanta, so in '93 wanted to see his whole show. I kept saying to my wife, I wish they would turn it up. Really had no volume to the music and it didn't grab me like it should have. I don't know if that was normal at this shows, but I was disappointed. When he came out with "SO", his photo on the cover a lot of people said we looked alike, and we are the same age. Now when I see him, I think, what happened?
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As I mentioned before, .38 Special opening for Rush was an odd pairing. However, on paper, the one that didn't seem to fit was Missing Persons opening for Angel City. Missing Persons actually rocked hard, though, and gave a great live show. Plus the lead singer was mega hot.

My loudest show was, by far, Motorhead. I am pretty sure about 60% of my hearing loss is due to them. It took almost two weeks for my ears to return to "normal" after the show and we had left a little early because it was so painful to be there.

The next loudest was probably Front Line Assembly but that was due to being right next to the speakers in a small club. Fortunately, that one was mostly bass which doesn't cause as much damage as loud higher frequencies.

I really wish I had worn hearing protection back then. It wasn't "cool", I guess.
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I like 38 Special and Rush of course, so I would of gone to that myself, but you're right it's not a match made in heaven. I was going to see 38 Special in August at an outdoor show in our golf carts but they've cancelled the event last week. I think it was lack of ticket sales, it was $100 a golf cart.

Dale Bozzio the singer of Missing Persons has seen better times. During those years she was married to the drummer Terry Bozzio but they divorced in the late 80's. Terry has played or produced everybody from Frank Zappa to Korn, he has a ton of credits.

Here is Dale Bozzio at the Whiskey in 2017



What I find odd is probably his best known radio hit "Strange Dreams" that nowhere on youtube can I find a live video of him playing that song. That song came out in 1980 on the album What's Next, so there's been plenty of opportunity for somebody with a camera. I've got over 8,000 live videos on youtube in 40 folders, I play live videos now instead records or CD's anymore. On a 75" TV with a big surround sound, it's as good as a show.


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Replaced Bill Bruford in UK.

A better opener for Rush was Mr. Big in Atlanta in 1990. Billy Sheehan on bass.
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Strangely, almost 40 years can do that to a person.

I saw Missing Persons in '83 when Dale was still in her prime.

This is how she looked in the concert I saw, with the same outfit:


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I think this is their yearbook photo. Wild.

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Heart, in Baltimore, 1986. Go West (I think) opened. I wasn't surprised that their Stairway to Heaven cover blew people away at the Kennedy Center recently, because they did it back then too, and crushed it.
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That is pretty fucking wild.
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Um, you don't by chance resemble Daltrey, Townshend, Entwistle or Moon do you?
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Heh....come to think of it..... :-)


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That's true, it was either the 1st or 2nd year for SM South, but I think it was their winter formal or maybe Homecoming. My best friend graduated from there in 1969.
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This thread really shows the age of the board.
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I seen Justin Bieber with my 9 year old daughter.
Concert= Meh..
Omaha mothers = smokin hot that night.
Shocked is an understatement
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One more story: I'm a huge guitar freak. One of my favorite players throughout the 70s was Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush. I got to see them 4 times in Memphis. This one particular show was my fave. I got to move up to the front row during his set and took some photos with a small instant camera. Frank handed me a pick as he was leaving the stage. That was as huge to me as it would be for Patrick Mahomes to hand you guys a football...


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My first live rock concert was Metallica at sandstone when they were touring for the Reload. That album wasn't great, but they played a bunch of stuff from ride the lightening and black album. Saw a lot of tits and smoked a doobie. 10/10 would rock again.

edit: I believe this was in 97 or 98.
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